inconcinnous 
continuous.] Unsuitable; incongruous; want- 
ing proportion ; discordant. Craig. 
inconcludentt (m-kon-kWdent). a. [= P. in- 
concluant, < L. in- priv. + conc(udcn(t-)s, ppr. 
of concludere, 'conclude: see conclude.'} Not con- 
clusive ; not furnishing adequate grounds for a 
conclusion or inference. 
the depositions of witnesses themselves, as being false, 
various, contrurltmt, single, ineoneludent. 
Ayli/e, Parergon. 
inconcludingt (in-kon-klo'ding), a. [< in- 3 + 
foiii-liiiliiif/.] Inconclusive. Itp. Pearson. 
inconclusion (in-kou-kl8'zhon), n. [< iw- 8 + 
ronrltiKioii.] Ineoiielusiveness. [Rare.] 
It was a real trouble to her for a time that Dr. Morrcll, 
after admitting the force of her reasons, should be con- 
tent to rest lu a comfortable inconclusion as to his con- 
duct. Howellt, Annie Kilburn, xxx. 
inconclusive (in-kon-klO'siy), a. [< tn-3 + con- 
dtixive.] 1. Not conclusive in evidence or argu- 
ment; not leading to a determination or con- 
clusion; not decisive or convincing; indeter- 
minate. 
Preservation of hair alone, as a trophy, Is less general ; 
doubtless because the evidence of victory which It yields 
Is inconclusive. U. Spencer, Prln. of Soclol., 852. 
We must not be expected to accept facts and to make 
inferences In the case of Bed Indians and Australians on 
evidence which we should set aside as inconclusive If we 
were making inquiries about Greeks or Germans. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 262. 
2. Not conclusive in action ; reaching no defi- 
nite conclusion or result ; producing no conclu- 
sive effect; ineffective; inefficient: as, incon- 
clusive experiments. 
Our guide was picturesque, but the most helpless and 
inconclusive cicerone I ever knew. 
ll'im'lls, Venetian Life, p. 215. 
inconclusively (in-kon-klo"siv-li), adv. In an 
inconclusive manner!' 
inconclusiveness (in-kpn-klo'siv-nes), n. The 
condition or quality of 'being inconclusive. 
The novelist must be the blindest of leaders If he fail 
to secure temporary adherents to his conclusions about 
life and death and immortality, or worshippers for the 
moment of his unrecognized inconclwriventss. 
The Nation, XL VII. 459. 
inconcoctt (in-kon-kokf), a. [< in-3 + concoct, 
a.] Inconcocted. 
While the body to be converted and altered is too 
strong for the efficient that should convert ... It, it Is 
(all that while) crude and inconcoct. 
Bacon, Nat Hist., 838. 
inconcoctedt (in-kon-kok'ted), a. f < - s + con- 
cocted.'] Not concocted or fully digested; not 
matured; unconcocted. 
When I was a child, and had my organical parts less 
digested and inconcocted. 
Sir M. Hate, Orlg. of Mankind, p. 23. 
inconcoctiont (in-kon-kok'shon), n. [< in-8 + 
concoction.'] The state of being undigested; 
unripeness. 
The middle action, which produceth such imperfect 
bodies, is fitly called Inquination, or inconcoction, which 
Is a kind of putrefaction. Bacon, Nat. Hist 
inconcrete (in-kon-kref), a. [< LL. inconcre- 
tiis, not concrete, bodily, < L. in- priv. + con- 
cretus, concrete.] Not concrete; abstract; dis- 
crete. 
All our affirmations, then, are only inconcrttr, which Is 
the affirming not one abstract Idea to be another, but one 
abstract Idea to be joined to another. 
Locke, Human Understanding, III. viii. 1. 
inconcurringt (in-kon-ker'ing), a. [< in-8 + 
concurring.] Not concurring; discrepant. 
Deriving effects not only from inconcurring causes, but 
things devoid of all efficiency whatever. 
Sir T. Broume, Vulg. Err., L 4. 
inconcussible (in-kon-kus'i-bl), a. [Also, im- 
prpp., tnconcussable; = OF. inconcussible, < L. in- 
Eriv. + LL. concussibilis, that can be shaken, < 
. concutere, pp. coacussus, shako: see concuss.] 
Not conoussible; unshakable. 
As the roundell or Spheare is appropriat to the heauens, 
... so Is the square for his inconcuesable steadlnesse 
likened to the earth. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie,p. 83. 
incondensability (in-kon-den-sa-bil'i-ti), n. 
[< incondensable : see -bility.] 'fhe quality of 
being incondensable. Sometimes written in- 
CHnili'imibilitl/. 
incondensable (in-kon-den'sa-bl), a. [< t'n-3 + 
condensable.] Not condensable; incapable of 
being made more dense or compact. H. Spen- 
cer, Prin. of Biol., 2. Sometimes written in- 
conrlensilile. 
incondite (in-kon'dit or in'kon-dlt), a. [< L. in- 
conditiis, not j>ut together, not ordered, disor- 
dered, < in- priv. + comlitiix, put together: see 
condite", condiment.] Ill constructed; unpol- 
ished; rude. [Rare.] 
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Now sportive youth 
Carol incondite rhymes, with suiting notes, 
And quiver unharuionlous, J. Pnilipn, Cider, 11. 
His actual speeches were not nearly so lueloquent, in- 
condite, as they look. Carlyle. 
inconditionalt (in-kon-dish'pn-al), a. [< in- 3 + 
conditional.] Unconditional; without qualifi- 
cation or limitation. 
From that which is but true In a qualified sense, an in- 
conditional and absolute verity Is inferred. 
Sir T. Brotpne, Vulg. Err., L 4. 
inconditionatet (in-kon-dish'on-at), a. [<n-3 
T conditionate.] Unconditioned"; not limited 
by conditions ; absolute. 
Their doctrine who ascribe to God, In relation to every 
man, an eternal, unchangeable, and incondilionate decree 
of election, or reprobation. Boyle, Works, 1 277. 
inconformt, a. [< -3 -f conform, a.] Not con- 
formed ; disagreeing or variant. 
A way most charitable, most comfortable, and no way 
incanform to the will of God in His Word. 
lip. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 291. 
inconfqrmablet (in-kon-f6r'ma-bl), a. [< in-3 
+ conformable.] Unconformable. 
Two lecturers they found obstinately inconformablc to 
the king's directions. lleylin, Abp. Land (1671), p. 190. 
inconformityt (in-kon-fdr'mi-ti), . [< in-3 + 
conformity.'] Nonconformity; incompliance. 
We have thought their opinion to be that utter incon- 
formity with the church of Rome was not an extremity 
wlii-muitii we should be drawn for a time. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
inconfusedt (in-kon-fuzd'), a. [< in- 3 + con- 
fused.] Not confused; distinct; clear. 
So that all the curious diversitle of articulate sounds of 
the voice of man, or birds, will enter Into a small crany, in- 
confuted. Bacon, Nat Hist, $ 192. 
inconfusiont (in-kon-fu'zhon), n. [< in-3 + 
confusion.] Freedom from confusion ; distinct- 
ness. 
The confusion in sounds, and the incoi\fusion in species 
visible. Bacon, Nat Hist, { 225. 
inconfutable (in-kon-fu'ta-bl), a. [< in-3 + 
confutable.] Not to be confuted or disproved. 
inconfutably (in-kon-fu'ta-bli), adv. In an in- 
eonfutable manner; unanswerably. Jer. Tay- 
lor. 
incongealable (in-kon-je'la-bl), a. [= P. in- 
congelable, < L. incongelabilis, that cannot be 
frozen, < IK- priv. + "congelabilis, that can be 
frozen: see eongealable.] Not to be congealed 
or frozen ; uncongealable. 
This train oil, swimming upon the surface of the water, 
and being incongealable by the cold. Boyle, Works, II. 517. 
incongenial (in-kon-je'nial), a. [< n-3 + con- 
genial.] Uncongenial. Craig. 
incongruet, a. [< P. incongru, < L. incongruus, 
inconsistent: see incongruous.] Incongruous. 
To allow of inconarue speech, contrary to the rules of 
grammar. Blundeville, 
incongruence (in-kong'grij-ens), . [= Sp. Pg. 
incongruencia = It. ineotigruenza, < LL. incon- 
gruentia, inconsistency, < L. incongrucn(t-)s, in- 
consistent: see incongruent.] Lack of congru- 
ence or agreement; incongruity. 
The humidity of a body Is but a relative thing, and 
depends . . . upon the congruity or incongruence of the 
component particles of the liquor In reference to the 
pores of those . . . bodies that It touches. 
Boyle, Works, L 391. 
incongruent (in-kong'gr^-ent), a. [= It. - 
congruente, < L. ineongruen(t-)s, inconsistent, < 
in- priv. + congruen(t-)s, consistent: see con- 
gruent.] Incongruous. 
But sens we be now occupied In the defence of poetes, 
it shall not be incongruent to our matter to shewe what 
profy tte maye be taken by the dyligente redynge of aun- 
clent poetes. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, 1. 13. 
incongruity (in-kon-gro''i-ti), . ; pi. incongrui- 
ties (-tiz). [= P." incongruM = Sp. incongrui- 
dad = Pg. incongruidade = It. incongruita; as 
incongru-ous + -ity.] 1. The quality of being 
incongruous ; want of congruity or mutual fit- 
ness; unsuitableness of one thing to another: 
lack of adaptation. 
Humor in Its first analysis Is a perception of the incon- 
gruous, and, in its highest development, of the incongru- 
ity between the actual and the ideal in men and life. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 182. 
2. That which is incongruous ; something not 
suitably conjoined, related, or adapted: as, this 
episode is an incongruity. 
She, after whom what form soe'er we see 
Is discord and rude incongruity. 
Donne, Auat. of World. 
What pleasant incongruities are these? to see men grow 
rich by Vows of Poverty, retired from the world, and yet 
the most unquiet and busie In It? 
Stillingjleet, Sermons, II. li 
Inconscious 
incongruous (in-kong'gr^-us), a. [= F. incon- 
aru = Sp. Pg. It. incongruo, < L. incoitgrvtu, 
inconsistent, < in- priv. + congruus, consistent : 
see congruous.] 1. Not congruous ; incapable 
of reciprocally fitting and agreeing; unsuited 
or unsuitable ; inharmonious. 
As the first ship upon the waters bore 
Incongruoui kinds who never met before. 
Crabbe, Work*, L 178. 
IncongruouH mixtures of opinion. It. Taylor. 
The eastern emperours thought It not incongruous to 
choose the stones for their sepulchre on the day of their 
coronation. Comber, Companion to the Temple, iv. 1. 
2. Consisting of inappropriate parts, or of parts 
not fitly put together ; disjointed : as, an incvn- 
gruous story. 
The result was an incongruous framework, covered with 
her thronging, suggestive Ideas. 
Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 142. 
= 8yn. Incontinent, etc. (see incompatilile\ unsuitable, 
nnsulted, unfit, inappropriate, 111 matched, out of keep- 
Ing. 
incongruously (in-kong'gr^-us-li), adv. In an 
incongruous manner; unsuitably; inappropri- 
ately; disjointedly. 
But In the course of the sentence he drops this con- 
struction, and passes very incongruously to the personi- 
fication of art. U. Blair, Rhetoric, xxilL 
incongruousness (in-kong'gr^-us-nes), n. The 
state or quality of being incongruous, inhar- 
monious, or inappropriate. 
That Inequality and even incmtgniuusness In his [Dry- 
den's] writing which makes one revise bis Judgment at 
every tenth page. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 22. 
in-conic (in'kon-ik), n. [< in 1 + conic.] In 
math., an inscribed conic, 
inconnectedt (in-ko-nek'ted), a. [< in-3 + eon. 
nected.] Unconnected. 
It being surely more reasonable to adapt different mea- 
sures to different subjects than to treat a number of in- 
connected and quite different subjects In the same mea- 
sure. Dp. Burd, On Epistolary Writing. 
inconnectiont, inconnexiont (in-ko-nek'shon), 
n. [= F. inconnexion = Sp. inconexion = Pg. 
inconnexao; as t-3 + connection, connexion.] 
Lack of connection; disconnection. 
Neither need wee any better or other proofe of the m- 
connexum of this vow with holy orders than that of their 
own Domlnlcus a Soto. 
Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, L * 
inconnexedt (in-ko-neksf), a. [< LL. incon- 
nexus, inconexus, not connected, < L. in- priv. 
+ connexus, conextts, pp. otconnectere, conectere, 
connect.] Lacking connection ; disconnected. 
inconnexedlyt (in-ko-nek'sed-li), adv. Without 
connection or dependence ; disconnectedly. 
Others ascribe hereto, as a cause, what perhaps but cas- 
ually or inconnexedly succeeds. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., Iv. 9. 
inconnexiont, . See incomiection. 
inconnu(in-ko-nu'; F. pron. an-ko-nii'), n. [P., 
unknown: see incognito.] In ichth., a salmo- 
noid fish, the Mackenzie river salmon, Stenodus 
mackenzii, resembling the whitefishes, Corego- 
Incoonu, or RiTer-salmon (Steptottur 
nus, bnt with a deeply cleft mouth, much-pro- 
jecting lower jaw, broad lanceolate supramaxil- 
laries, and teeth in bands on the vomer, pala- 
tines, and tongue. It inhabits the Mackenzie river 
and its tributaries in northwestern Canada, and reaches a 
large size. It was an unknown fish to the Canadian voy- 
genrs who first saw it, and the name perpetuates the im- 
pression first conveyed. 
inconscient (in-kon'shient), a. [= F. incon- 
scient; as in-3 + conseieni'.] Unconscious; sub- 
conscious; wanting self-consciousness. [Rare.] 
The old doctrines did not recognize in the brain the or- 
ganic conditions of thought, and suspected not the im- 
mense efficacy of the incontcifitl, which Is the foundation 
of mental life. Tr. for Alien, and A'turol., VI. 486. 
inconscionablet (in-kon'shon-a-bl), a. [< n-3 
+ conscionable.] Unconscionable; not con- 
scientious. 
His Lord commaunded him, and it was the least thing 
he could doe for his Lord to sweare for him ; soe incon- 
tcionabte are these common people, and so little feeling 
have they of Qod, or theyr owne sowles good. 
Spenter, state of Ireland. 
inconscious (in-kon'shus), a. [< in-3 + con- 
scious.] Unconscious. Beattie. [Rare.] 
